Dark Souls 3 DLC ► 20 MORE Secrets Within The Ringed City 

I'm pretty sure that the serpents in the courtyard are a more developed version of the pus of man, it's the only thing from Lothric castle that resembles a snake.

"Middlefinger Kirk" Damn Vaati, tell him how you really feel.

13:11 parry god

Vaati:" Midir has a grab attack." Me who spent a day trying to beat Midir: "the more you know"

middlefinger kirk...

Hand it over. That thing, your souls lore.

Secret 4: "Search thine own self" "Fear not the dark, and let the feast begin" "Poise, I'm sure it will come in handy. You'll see"

#21: Gael's messages are unique. In addition to the normal orange soapstone appearance, they have the same sort of skull-flames coming off of them that he does in his second phase. This would seem to imply that, even at the start of the DLC, before he reaches the Ringed City, Gael has already been heavily corrupted by the large number of human souls he's consumed.

i would say that patches wasnt screwing you over, because later you can summon him for the spear of the church fight which indicates that he really meant what he said about being your friend this time.

My strange theory with the egg is that its Gwyn's attempt at keeping time frozen in the age of fire, but with the egg slowly cracking, time started to become convoluted, unstable. Constantly trying to anchor back to the egg's Age of Fire but kept getting more unstable the more broken it got, and once it fully broke, time was no longer anchored to the age of fire, so it fastforwarded to what the world wold truly be at that point in time.

did you know in the room in irithyll were smoughs hammer is theres two picture hinting the dlcs since the release of the game

Did anyone else become super depressed when fillianore just instantly became dead once you touched the egg?

13:10 parry king alert

if you beat gael in the ringed city dlc before entering the painted world gael will be gone and the scrap of painting will be on the alter with a small candle stick on it to hold it in place

The pilgrim sitting at the Dreg Heap, is that the same voice as the woman during the opening cinematic?

This is pretty late, but I just found something. The eclipse the player sees in Lothric Castle only appears after Yhorm and Aldrich are killed. However, I killed Friede and went to the Dreg Heap before Yhorm and Aldrich were dead. The eclipse then showed up in Lothric even with both Lords still alive. Does this mean we triggered the supposed "end of the world" early?

I almost got fooled by that Judicator throw. Thanks Vaati

Dammit, I thought the judicator throwing you was actually a thing.

I noticed that you included nothing about the fight with Shira, and I'm wondering if you missed it. It's honestly one of the most missable secrets because of the fact that it occurs at the very very end of the world, immediately before you fight Gael. If instead of marching forward, you turn right you stumble upon a ruined cathedral. If you walk to the rear of it, you engage in one of the most interesting and emotionally charged npc invader style battles that exists in the souls franchise.

The locus and angel parallel reminds me of the saying “as above so below”

Kinda weird how the end of the world where you fight Gael looks like an ocean floor just with out the water. Remember how Aldrich dreamed of the future and instead of dark he or she saw a sea. Idk just thought I'd point it out.

Someone get this man to 1mil subs.

The serpents in the courtyard have a very similar design to the “pus of man” that can be found around lothric in multiple areas. Perhaps at some point the Knights began to seek out and slay them

I dont want dark souls to end guys :(

The egg also has a strong resemblance to a Transposing Kiln, which also resembles the Vagrants. After this DLC does anyone else believe Ludleth is a Pygmie? They look exactly the same, same body structure, same frailness, same facial structure, fuck everything other than us not really being able to see any of his hair. Even with legs he would still be the same size as them and is the only Lord of Cinder that is significantly smaller than the player, just like the Pygmies.

I liked how Gael in this dlc and Artorias in the DS1 dlc both throw the creature on their weapon towards you. And it looks nearly identical.

3:59 got to thanks Lapp's voice actor for his work. From this line I can really feel the despair of him, and motivate me to struggle through the questline.

9:54 That castle on the background is actually Drangleic. It's the same Drangleic as shown on the first cutscene of Dark Souls 2

Vaati! Don't know if you'll see this, but I got an idea of what the new painting might be! I think she's depicting a new Age of Ancients. It's to be a "cold, dark, and very gentle place", and that describes the Age of Ancients to a tee. Furthermore, she would name the painting "Ash" if you tell her you have no name...and what color is ash? Grey (crags)! Going farther down the rabbit hole, the Painted World of Ariandel is on fire...and the new painting is IN that world! So as the old painting is consumed, the new one gets its own little piece of flame..."But then there was Fire, and with Fire came disparity". And of course, if the painting is made using the Blood of the Dark Soul..."Then from the dark, They came. And found the souls of Lords within the Flame". AAHHHHH

I'm pretty sure the egg is the one who the dragon come from ,it's say that midir was raised from the egg to protect the realm of god , and since he is an archdragon , to do is duty for ever . there is the point , the egg of an immortal dragon who is unaffected by time must have some kind of power , in dark souls the part of monster still has a bit of power when passed down ,(choped off ect) . Meaning that the immortality may have imbued the egg shell. Maybe filianor use the egg as a catalyst to gave herself and to the city , maybe the whole world immortality , like "stopping the time" who would explain why everything reapet itself ( chosen undead, powerfull sousl who reappear= look dks 2 ng+ ) , the time can't end , so it reapet itself , BUT since life and disparity ( not sure of the word tho) came from flame , it just can't reapet endlessly , each time the flame lose some power to the point it's almost impossible to re-kindle it ( that's dks3) . SO with all that we may conclued that touching fillianor's egg and destroying it ( scumbag we are) we "break" the spell that was holding world fragment together , and the world collapse without is last support. That's my theory , never read it anywere ( if someone ever tell it befoer sorry to him/her/it/appach hélicopter , and sorry to you im pretty bad in english )

Says, "I'm going to let the song play out" proceeds to talk over it the whole time Well done

All of Rosari fingers are from precious FromSoft games Xanthous-Demon Souls Kirk-Dark souls 1 Creighton-Dark souls 2 Leonarhd-Bloodborne Yourself-Dark souls 3

Vaati: I'll post a video with more secrets in a couple days. *A week and a half later*

SPOILER: There are no cock rings in Ringed city

I joined the dark souls pain train last christmas. I missed seeing everything this fandom went through. Seeing the end of the world in the ringed city kind of reminded me how joining this fandom after the series ended felt: like everything was over, and there was nothing new to see, just a lot to look back on and think about. I doubt many others had that same feeling, but i did.

Filianores "Egg" looks like the transposing kiln we get from the cursed greatwood

Gael kinda reminds me of Solaire. His search for a certain something, the way he helps us with bosses, the way where he found what he searched for and gone insane because of it. It would explain why I got a bit nostalgic every time I saw Gael......

those aren't primordial serpents. they resemble the puss of men black oily snakes that explode out of the high wall of Lothric and other Lothric locations wandering hollows very clearly.

I feel like the one embraced by the Abyss was actually Kirk, but only for the fact that the only way to become a Darkwraith in DS1, where Kirk is from, is by traveling to the Abyss and talking to Kaathe.

"To gather tongues for their mistress"

"I hope to watch it and learn the meaning of the egg through this film" Vaati, you'd sooner learn the meaning of the pendant than Angel's egg...

Vaati, I don't know if you'll see this, or if you've already considered it, but the desert at about 13:52 looks to me like the ocean floor. The seabed, if you will. I saw it, and thought of the "Age of the Deep Sea", as said by Aldrich. Perhaps the ending of the ages of fire and dark, usher in the age of the sea? Like how the fire spontaneously appeared in the primordial times, perhaps the sea shall spring forth onto a waiting sea bed? Maybe. Maybe not. I just wanted to share.

Instead of Gael showing you where to go, I think it was for him to get home when he finds the blood of the dark soul.

im really sad that dark souls has come to an end, but it has been a good ride although someplaces were very frustrating. I raise my estus to you miyazaki for making this amazing series

There are statues of primordial serpents outside the entrance to Darkeater Midir's boss fight. They have arms. ARMS.

who else noticed that the entire journey through the DLC parallels your journey through lothric? you start in lothric castle find some dilapidated houses like the ones in the undead settlement, followed immediately by a swampy forested area, like the crucifixion woods. After being carried away you end up in a large building filled with clerics much like the Cathedral of the Deep, discover another swamp, some catacombs, and an old chapel, like Anor London. It seems to skip straight to the Kiln of the First Flame in the form of Gael's boss arena. Overall it isn't very important to the lore but just something I noticed in my first playthrough.

I want to hit you guys with a theory I've been working on for a while now. Before I get into it, please note that my TV bit the dust before I could finish Ringed City so that may have some answers here that I'm not aware of. I want to talk about the Curse of the Undead, and Humanity. The crux of this theory is a quote from Aldia: "Once, the Lord of Light banished Dark, and all that stemmed from humanity. And men assumed a fleeting form." Now, many, it seems, have taken this quote to mean that when Gwyn Linked the Fire, he caused/created the Undead Curse, either inadvertently or intentionally. Even VaatiVidya, everyone's primary source for Souls games lore, went in this direction. But when you think about it, it doesn't really make sense. Undead are not fleeting. They endure. They die over and over and yet still remain. Humans, on the other hand, are fleeting. Humans can die and stay dead. We know this from many sources, but most notably from Anastacia, the Firelink Firekeeper from DS1, who wants you to Link the Fire so she may die as a human. Is this not more a fleeting form than Undead? I posit that there are 3 forms to mankind: Human (when with fire/light), Undead (with the Dark Soul) and Hollow (with neither). When the Furtive Pygmy found the Dark soul and split it among others, he created Humanity. But in the Age of Fire, the Darkness was cast aside by the strong First Flame, causing mankind to be Human. As the fire began to fade, the dark in man grew stronger in comparison and the Undead "Curse" began. Gwyn, fearing the Dark Lord and all that as we know, set out to Link the Fire. We're never told explicitly what that meant, but I agree with Vaati in that not only did he provide fuel for the First Flame, but he also Linked it to mankind. I go further to say that this Linking temporarily banished the dark from man; a bright enough light casts fewer shadows. This cause mankind to once again assume the fleeting Human form. This is also the origin of the Darksign, but I'll get into that in a moment. We are told from multiple sources that when the Fire begins to fade in each kingdom and age, that's when the Undead Curse emerges. Under my theory this makes sense; the Fire is not strong enough to keep back all the Dark. But because of Gwyn, the Undead now appear with the mark of the Darksign upon them; a brand on their undead forms that attempts to bind them to the light and the fire. I think it's fairly clear that the Darksign is connected to the Linking, Undead, and Bonfires, all from visual clues. The Dark Sign is often represented by a swirling pattern, especially apparent in Dark Souls 2 where it's a huge spiral on your back. This motif appears elsewhere; In the Kiln of the first Flame in DS1, the main structure has a spiral pattern in its architecture. Furthermore, in the Boss Arena where you fight Gwyn, the sands/ashe on the ground are arranged as a swirl around the fire there. Of course, even the swords planted in every bonfire have a twisted, swirled blade. Hell, if you look at the fires in the basement of Majula's mansion, there's a vague spiral to them. In DS3, the previous worlds churn around Lothric, churning often havinf a spinning or spiral to it. You might now be asking about the Humanity item in DS 1 and how that lets you become Human. How can Humanity, a shard of the Dark Soul, make us not Undead anymore in this theory? Well, think of what you do: While Undead, you can have any number of "Liquid Humanity." But to become Human, you offer one up to a Bonfire. You let the Bonfire burn away your Dark Soul Humanity, and become Human. Still makes sense. And we know from the Evangelists in DS3 that the Curse can be burned away. TL;DR; Linking the Fire did not cause the Undead Curse. Instead, mankind is naturally Undead with the Dark Soul, and Gwyn Linked the Fire to mankind to force us into "fleeting" Human forms.

Rip dark souls, one of my favorite game franchises, i hope one day we will get a dark souls 4

Angel's Egg is a masterpiece but somehow even more esoteric than the entirety of Dark Souls: Let me start by saying Angel's Egg is to parts of Dark Souls 3 as Berserk was to parts of Dark Souls 1. There are entire cut scenes that are almost exact replica of scenes from the movie. One in particular is the male character stabbing the girl (which is almost the Anri wedlock scene verbatim.) The way the film symbolizes how people seek faith is also really similar to the way people seek the age of fire. One interpenetration is the egg in the film symbolizes the blank slate we are all born into as children or at the very least innocence. The characters in the film are spiritually unripe as are the undead in relation to humanity. And many parallels can be drawn to the ambiguity of the male in the film and our role as the ashen one. Both are almost christ-like figures, both seeking to change something inherent to human identity. Whether we choose to have faith in protecting the egg and linking the flame or destroy the the egg and let the flame fade is up to the characters in the narrative.

I can't believe I fell for the goddamn Giant launching you towards the tower thing. Bamboozled by the lore master himself once again

Hey, Vaati! Maybe those snakes in the dreg heap have some semblance to the snakes in the painting in the church of Ariandel where you fight Friede? Not the same, necessarily. But this consistency of two snakes popping up in this game time again might be too coincidental? Or a red herring, perhaps.

What a journey, I just completed my binge of your entire channel, from the earliest to this, that I started over a week ago, suffice to say it was a great one that inspired me to pick up the other two Dark Souls game that I didn't have.

The question is, are we prepared to dine?

Vaati, we want edwad lore.

3:04 so, what about that video on the locusts?

There is a variation of the Dragonslayer Armor set in the swamp of the Ringed City. From the Ringed City Streets bonfire if you go straight across the swamp and hug the wall going right you will eventually come to an area where you fight a reanimated Dragonslayer Armor. The description of the set explicitly mentions our character defeating it in Lothric and says the armor has been possessed by the memory of the hunt.

Who else is kinda depressed now about the souls series ending

Patches' does seem to keep his promise to be a friend forever, this time he kicked you with no lethal intent just to say 'Hey, I'm Patches.' Afterwards you can summon him to the Halflight boss fight.

next time you at the starting bonfire in the city part of the dlc look around, its shaped like the egg she holds

The amont of work and the editing is always so good, i mean you made this game even greater and deeper with your video

Vaati maybe you should make a prepare to cry for gael

No Ludleth mention? There is a space for 9th missing throne in Gael's fight area. So we actually found the place from where he was exiled following the engraving on his throne in the shrine. So he was banished for what? For linking of the fire?

the videos you produce enrich my souls game so much. i hated the fight against abys watchers, but after hearing your theory in a different vod, i feel so damn sad and sombre in defeating them. please keep doing what you do, every vod is a damn amazing treat.

Midir’s arena is actually the abyss i think. The leap and area is really similar.

I don't think we travel in time to get to the Gael's boss arena. Rather I think Fillianore is just like Gwynevere in that waking her up breaks the illusion, which in this case is the illusion that the world is still in one piece. The dark sign we see in the sky of Lothric is signifying how this illusion is slowly breaking, and bringing all the Lords to their thrones ends most of the illusion, as it is no longer needed. The last fragments of Fillianore's illusion still remain until we arrive and wake her from her slumber, only for her to realise that she was already dead, just like the egg she was holding. The egg crumbling symbolises how time has truly passed quite a lot, and how everything in reality is already in ruins. Or at least that's how I see it.

Am I the only who finds it funny the andre is the only one who has a moving mouth.

Love the story/lore in these games including the kings field series. I find it funny how the moonlight sword is in them but not much else, linking them by that sword

i can really hear the passion in your voice. you've connected all the breadcrumbs that i have been wondering about. thank you.

Your voice did sound rougher, but it's still smooth as butter my man

The end? It ain't over till Edwad Emberpants finishes it, vaati!

It is nuts that how much this game levels And everything is connected. Thank you for you hard work!

Your videos are always so beautifully made and narrated. Thank you!

Well, that's the end of Dark Souls. I'm gonna go play Dark Souls 1 again. A lot.

Something I still don't understand is why is there a ringed knight at Filianore's Rest ? He is wandering around behind Filianore's room with his twin blades and he is the only enemy we can encounter before or after Gael. I'm pretty sure From Software did not wonder "hey, we have a spare ringed knight, where should we put it ?". He is basically the only survivor of the end of the world, but since we encounter and very probably killed him before entering the Church of the Spears, how could he still be there ?

i know this is old video and i recently started ds3, im happy to watch your video, since i have no time/chance to look around the places (more desperate to survive)... xD

Love the Tim & Eric "The Universe" episode clip ya threw in there!!!! Love it!!!

4:35 that Wilhelm scream

I want to see a video where all Souls game storyline are explained in one whole project. That would be epic.

The Preacher doesn't only talk about dark souls 3 characters. When you first talk to him after the first judicator giant, he describes Artorias

I think the tower at 9:02 could be where you fight the final boss in the future.

I legit thought the giant threw you into the air for a hot min there

I don't care what anyone says, my one true lord is Vaati!

Could those ash covered snake things that bleed when struck possibly be Pus of Man if not Primordial Serpents?

What about the dark spirit fight with Shira near the fight with Gael. For anyone who hasn't had this fight starting from the place with Filinore turn right when possible and head through the door.

For the sake of argument, I think the Finger being referred to is Kirk. Kirk was a Darkwraith who tricked Kaathe out of a Red Eye Orb back in Dark Souls 1, which means he had been allied with the forces of the Abyss long enough to gain Kaathe's trust. I believe the line, "...he alone was embraced by the Abyss" is referencing Kirk's allegiance to the Darkwraiths. For this to work, though, I focus more on the Abyss part of the sermon, less on the rebirth. I could be completely wrong here, and would love to hear what you think. After all, I don't do this kind of thing for a profession.

Gonna be honest, I have never ever seen a Vagrant before today.

The part about the buildings about halfway through blew my damn mind. That's so bad ass, I didn't realize they were actually there. I swear, the intricacies and symbolism in these games is on an untouched level

2:18 Middlefinger Kirk. I've watched this before and I never thought about that subtle joke until right now watching it through again.

I think that tower you can't reach is a "throne room" of sorts, where the Pygmy leaders reside. The leaders who are being eaten by Gael in the end. You can see their "thrones" in ruins in the ash wastes in a circle near where you find Gael. A circle that might just fit comfortably in a tower like the one in the ringed city. The piles of ash engulfing the world now make that area accessible. Not to mention the location of these thrones matches in height more or less to where the tower's base is in relation to the cathedral's upper tower (where filianore resides)

Finally!!!!! waited all week for this

Extremely interesting video! It would be insane if you could see Drangleic in the distance, I already thought adding Earthen Peak was awesome.

Point no. 10: It's interesting to note that the "Ash Serpent" in the Dreg Heap you point out is quite close to the Covetous Silver Serpent Ring +3. Maybe those serpents weren't the Primoridal Serpents we are familiar with. Maybe they started to change when they began to consume Humanity.....

Hey vaati coming from the abyss watchers bonfire heading outside you can see the sun and it's black with a grey ring around it. Surprised you didn't notice the sky turned grey.

I had my volume high when watching he pigmy crawl and I was on my phone so when it dies I almost shit myself with that loud noise

Legit these locusts are so creepy, the small faces on the swamp gave me chills

Hi, big fan of your videos. Thanks for making them. Did you know if you talk to the Stone Humped Hag with the Steel Helm (SunBro helm) on when you first meet her (or maybe anytime after) she specifically mentions your "tin can" and how she hasn't seen one for a long time. Keep up the good work!

And believe it or not, if you overlay one of the furthest kingdoms, what will you see? None other than the Holy Grail of them all....Boletaria. And the winged angels made of trees.... Oh....UMBASA....

One thing that Vaati missed is that the symbol of the Sable Church is plastered everywhere in the ringed city - on top of buildings like the lonely tower (at 9:02), carried by statues etc. You can see the identical symbol on the Sword of Avowal, that is used in the ritual where the Lord of Hollows marries Anri.

Ok so i finnally watch your dlc videos after waiting a long time to play these two dlc's. With said i've noticed that when you reach slave knight gael, if you have not defeated him yet, and return to the dreg heap, you can hear him in the back ground with his scary noises.

I believe that the converged kingdom is the fusion of the most prominent cities from an age. While Lothric is slowly moving towards it to fuse as our age ends.